Indian Valley Library Fund Drive Hits $320,000

The Indian Valley Public Library capital campaign has gone over the halfway mark, Merrill S. Moyer, campaign chairman, announced this week.

Moyer said more than $320,000 has been received in gifts and pledges, representing 53 percent of the library's $600,000 objective.

"We are very encouraged by the response so far," a library spokesman said. "This represents advance gifts from corporations, current and former library trustees, the campaign steering committee and other friends of the library."

The community gifts phase of the campaign, co-chaired by Charles Allebach and Shirley Roth, got under way June 16 with 57 volunteers enlisted.

The community campaign will directly involve the smaller businesses in the area that the library serves: Franconia, Lower Salford, Salford and Upper Salford townships and the boroughs of Telford and Souderton.

The spokesman said the funds raised will help the library greatly improve its existing facilities.

The library serves more than 15,000 residents or approximatedly 50 percent of the population. As of December 1985, more than 113,000 books, periodicals, tapes and other educational materials have been in circulation.

An average of 1,500 new educational materials is added annually.

Marcia Gill, director of the library, said it continues to grow in popularity as a meeting place for community organizations. Recently, Welcome Wagon held its regional meeting there.

Monday night movies, involving book tie-ins, are being offered for teen- agers in July and August. A "Read-to-Me" time for parents and tots is also being offered this summer.

Funding from the campaign will help the library renovate the building. It will improve lighting, replace carpeting and add more functional and comfortable furnishings.